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Eye and Contact Lens Association (ECLA)

Special Symposium 2025

Corneal Nerves and Neuropathies

 

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 5:30-8:30 PM

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
300 Wakara Way

Salt Lake City, UT  84108

FREE REGISTRATION, FOOD & DRINKS

Topics: 

·      Rohan Bir Singh, MBBS: An Update on Corneal Esthesiometry

·      Shizuka Koh, MD: Sjögren's Syndrome and Corneal Surface

·      Deborah S. Jacobs, MD: Ocular Neuropathic Pain

·      Mary Ann Stepp, PhD: Corneal Nerves and Corneal Epithelium

·      Harold A. Stein, MD Lecture: Bennie H. Jeng, MD: Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: Neurotrophic Keratopathy and Other Complications

Program Committee: Vishal Jhanji, MD, Christina R. Prescott, MD, PhD, M. Soledad Cortina, MD and Joann J. Kang, MD

Moderators: Christina R. Prescott, MD, PhD and Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD

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The ECLA Special Symposium 2025 is presented in conjunction with Eye & Contact Lens, the official journal of Eye and Contact Lens Association (Formerly CLAO)

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Prevent Blindness is offering free information to consumers on the best ways to keep eyes healthy while using contact lenses at our dedicated web page: http://www.preventblindness.org/wearing-contact-lenses.

 

Oliver and Carroll Dabezies Endowed Chair at Tulane University
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ECLA is pleased to report the announcement of the new Oliver and Carroll Dabezies Endowed Chair at Tulane University. Oliver H. Dabezies, Jr., MD (1930-2001) was a co-founder of CLAO, now ECLA, and was organizer of its first scientific program in 1964. He served as CLAO's executive vice president for 11 years and was the Editor in Chief of "Contact Lenses: The CLAO Guide to Basic Science and Clinical Practice." Read more

 

Join or Renew Your ECLA Membership

The Mission of ECLA is to advance quality medical eyecare for the public by providing comprehensive ophthalmologists and other eyecare professionals with education and training in contact lenses and related eyecare science. We thank our Members and welcome new members to join us in this mission.